1	Course Title:	PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SCIENCE II
2	Course Code:	FEL6118
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ABDÜLKADIR ÇÜÇEN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. ABDÜLKADIR ÇÜÇEN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Kadir@uludag.edu.tr; Uludag Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, 16059 Görükle, Bursa - Türkiye. Tel: +90 224 2941826
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To teach the main problems and important stages of contemporary philosophy of science and to get intense knowledge about its representatives.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Learning important stages in history of contemporary philosophy of science and to use them in terms of science-society relations. ; 2 Learning contemporary problems of science and the character of scientific knowledge. ; 3 Being able to evaluate scientific explanations and arguments and developments about science with arguments of Contemporary Philosophy of Science;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Structure of universe Aristotle and Ptolemy
2	Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler and Scientific Revolutions
3	Galileo and Heliocentric Universe
4	Emergence of Newtonian World Conception
5	Einstein's theory of relativity
6	Quantum theory
7	Demarcation problem in science; discussion of scientific criterion
8	Logical Positivism or Vienna circle
9	Popper and falsificationism; Lakatos; Duhem and Meyerson
10	History of science in Koyre, Duhem-Quine
11	T Kuhn, Scientific Revolution and Paradigmatic Justification
12	J. Ziman and Social Aspect of Science, L. Laudan
13	General evalution
14	General evalution

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Bacon, Francis, New Organon, (Çev: Sema Önal Akkaş), Ankara: Doruk Yayınları, 1999. 2. Bochenski, J. M., Çağdaş Düşünme Yöntemleri, (Çev: Talip Kabadayı) Ankara: Bilgesu, 2008. 3. Descartes, Rene, Metot Üzerine Konuşma, (çev. Kadir Sel), İstanbul: Sosyal yayınları, 1995. 4. Duhem, Pierre, The Aim and The Structure of a Physical Theory, (Trans. Philip P. Wiener), Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991 5. Güzel, Cemal, Bilim Felsefesi, Ankara: Kırmızı Yayınları, 2010 6. Kabadayı, Talip, Yanlışlanabilirlik Ölçütüne Yönelik Eleştiriler Üzerine Bir Çalışma, (Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi), H.Ü. Ankara, 7. Koyré, Alexandre, Yeniçağ Biliminin Doğuşu, (Çev. Kurtuluş Dinçer), Ankara: Gündoğan Yayınları, 1994 8. Kabadayı, Talip, Duhem’den Laudan’a Çağdaş Bilim Felsefecileri, Ankara: Bilgesu Yayınları, 2010. 9. Kabadayı, Talip, Bilim Felsefesine Giriş, Aydın: Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2009. 10. Kabadayı, Talip, Yanlışlanabilirlik Ölçütüne Yönelik Eleştiriler Üzerine Bir Çalışma, (Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi), H.Ü. Ankara, 2004 11. Kabadayı, Talip,, ´Bilim´ Tasarımlarının Kısa Tarihi, S.D.Ü. FLSF Dergisi, 3, 1-26, 2007 12. Koyré, Alexandre, Yeniçağ Biliminin Doğuşu, (Çev. Kurtuluş Dinçer), Ankara: Gündoğan Yayınları, 1994 13. Kuhn, Thomas S., Bilimsel Devrimlerin Yapısı, (çev. Nilüfer Kuyaş), İstanbul: Alan Yayıncılık, 1995. 14. Meyerson, Émile, Identity & Reality, (Çev. Kate Loewenberg) London: The Macmillan Company, 1930 15. Ayer, Alfred J., Dil, Doğruluk ve Mantık, (Çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu), İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1998 17. Güzel, Cemal (Ed.). Sağduyu Filozofu: Popper, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, 1996 18. Güzel, Cemal (Ed.). Çoğulculuğun Kuramcısı: Lakatos, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, 1999 19. Güzel, Cemal, Bilim Felsefesi, Ankara: Kırmızı Yayınları, 2010. 20. Sober, Elliott, Biyoloji Felsefesi, Ankara: İmge Yayınevi, 2009.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	5	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	7	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	5	70
Homeworks, Performances	5	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	10	10
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	12	12
Total WorkLoad			120
Total workload/ 30 hr			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 LO2 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 LO3 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High